SAN ANTONIO — At 9-1, the Spurs are off to their best start since 1981-82, when George Gervin was still lofting finger rolls and the Bruise Brothers were using the paint as an impromptu wrestling ring. Considering they’ve won four championships in between, with consistent contention nearly throughout, that’s an impressive achievement no matter what. […]
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SAN ANTONIO — The Spurs continue to cruise, extending their win streak to seven games with another perfect week. They’ve got a shot to push the surge to double-digits with a light week, both in volume and quality. A one-game trip to face the Grizzlies could be tough, but the Spurs have won four of […]
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Summing it up Tony Parker was livid as he headed back to the court for his postgame interview. Despite entering Friday’s road game at Utah with six straight victories, the last three by double-digits, the Spurs had trailed the worst team in the NBA for much of the evening. It was an ugly performance, one […]
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The Spurs couldn’t beat the 10.5-point spread, but they at least overcame their poor play in the first three quarters with a dominant fourth to earn their seventh straight victory. The Spurs (9-1) trailed by seven entering the final quarter. But they stormed back in front with a 12-2 run to start the period, and […]
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SAN ANTONIO — Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Kawhi Leonard, Manu Ginobili and Tiago Splitter have all been included in balloting for the 2014 NBA All-Star Game, which opened today. It used to be that the only way to vote was to fill out an actual paper ballot in person, as many times as you wanted. […]
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SALT LAKE CITY — After four consecutive games in which they have not allowed a team to crack 90 points, the Spurs rank second in defensive efficiency — defined as points allowed per 100 possessions — having allowed only 92 per 100 opponent possessions. Only the unbeaten Indiana Pacers have been more efficient at the […]
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Summing it up Much has been made of the Spurs’ depth and foreign composition in recent seasons. Both were critical factors on Wednesday, when the Spurs (8-1) brushed off a challenge from Washington to push ahead by as many as 25 points in the fourth quarter before settling for a 13-point decision. It was their […]
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SAN ANTONIO — The Spurs bench engineered a 29-7 run spanning the third and fourth quarters to blow open what had been a three-point game and seal their 13th straight home victory over the Wizards, 92-79. They did it despite what is believed to be the worst shooting night of Tim Duncan’s career: 1 for […]
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SAN ANTONIO — We’re almost two weeks into the new NBA season, which means we can finally start gleaning some ideas, however tenuous, about what we’re seeing. The NBA has provided a revolutionary tool to aid in that process with the public sharing of tracking data from the special SportVU camera arrays operating in every […]
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